Lee May drove in three runs in the first game and accounted for another RBI in the second game, pacing the Orioles to 6-5 and 4-2 victories in a sweep of a twi-night doubleheader with the Blue Jays. In the opener, the Orioles were held hitless by Jesse Jefferson for 3 1/3 innings until Ken Singleton singled and May homered. The Orioles then scored four unearned runs in the eighth to determine the outcome of the game. May drew a pass with the bases loaded to get credit for his third RBI. The Blue Jays rallied for four runs in their half before Scott McGregor saved the game as the Orioles' fourth pitcher of the frame following Mike Flanagan, Dick Drago and Tippy Martinez.

McGregor also relieved Rudy May in the second game and picked up his second save of the night and fourth of the season. The Orioles scored in the first inning on doubles by Elliott Maddox and May. A two-bagger by Andres Mora led to another tally in the second. Back-to-back doubles by Kiko Garcia and Dave Skaggs produced a run in the fourth and Rich Dauer homered in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 6, Toronto Blue Jays 5 (Game 1)
Game Played on Wednesday, September 14, 1977 (Night game) at Exhibition Stadium
Orioles      0  0  0    2  0  0    0  4  0  -   6  6  0
Blue Jays    0  1  0    0  0  0    0  4  0  -   5 11  2


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bumbry cf,lf          5   1   2   0     0   1   .308      Staggs 2b             4   0   0   1     1   0   .255
Smith 2b              4   0   0   0     1   2   .221      A. Woods lf           4   0   1   0     0   2   .286
Kelly lf              4   1   0   0     0   1   .254        Rader ph            0   0   0   1     0   0   .249
  Maddox cf           0   0   0   0     1   0   .253        Torres ss           0   0   0   0     0   0   .249
Singleton rf          3   1   2   0     1   0   .338      Ault 1b               5   0   1   0     0   0   .248
  Dimmel pr,rf        0   1   0   0     0   0   .000      Velez dh              4   1   3   0     1   0   .257
  Crowley ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Howell 3b             5   1   1   0     0   2   .298
  Harlow rf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .208      G. Woods cf           5   1   1   1     0   0   .220
L. May dh             2   2   1   3     2   0   .247      Bowling rf            2   1   1   0     1   0   .214
Murray 1b             4   0   0   1     0   1   .263        Ewing ph,rf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .290
DeCinces 3b           3   0   0   0     1   0   .265      Cerone c              4   1   2   2     0   0   .186
Belanger ss           4   0   1   1     0   3   .208      Nordbrook ss          2   0   1   0     1   0   .200
Dempsey c             3   0   0   0     1   1   .227        Fairly ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .287
Flanagan p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Scott pr,lf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .238
  Drago p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Jefferson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  T. Martinez p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Vuckovich p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  McGregor p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   6   6   5     7   9             Totals               36   5  11   5     5   4

Time of Game: 2:47   Attendance: 19,048
Left on Base: Orioles 7, Blue Jays 10
DP: Orioles 1, Blue Jays 1
Errors: A. Woods, Ault
Doubles: Cerone (2), Velez (18)
Home Runs: L. May (23)
Stolen Bases: G. Woods (5)
Caught Stealing: DeCinces (8)
Sacrifice Flies: Rader (5)
GIDP: Singleton (14)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Flanagan W(12-10)       7    10   4   4   3   3   0  33   3.66
Drago                   0.1   1   1   1   0   0   0   2   3.19
T. Martinez             0     0   0   0   2   0   0   2   2.61
McGregor SV(3)          1.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   5   4.27
Totals                  9    11   5   5   5   4   0  42

Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jefferson L(8-16)       7.1   5   6   2   6   7   1  32   4.36
Vuckovich               1.2   1   0   0   1   2   0   8   3.62
Totals                  9     6   6   2   7   9   1  40

Umpires: HP - Vic Voltaggio, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Jim Evans


ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry flied out to center; Smith walked; Kelly
reached on a fielder's choice [Smith to second]; Singleton
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Kelly out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Blue
Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 1ST: Staggs flied out to center; A. Woods was called
out on strikes; Ault singled to right; Velez walked [Ault to
second]; Howell flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Orioles 0, Blue Jays 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: L. May walked; Murray struck out; DeCinces popped
to shortstop in foul territory; Belanger struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: G. Woods grounded out (shortstop to first);
Bowling singled; Cerone doubled to left [Bowling scored];
Nordbrook singled to left [Cerone to third]; Staggs hit into a
double play (right to catcher) [Cerone out at home]; 1 R, 3 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Blue Jays 1.

ORIOLES 3RD: Dempsey walked; Dempsey was picked off first
(pitcher to first); Bumbry flied out to center; Smith was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: A. Woods flied out to center; Ault grounded out
(second to first); Velez singled to left; Howell was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Blue Jays 1.

ORIOLES 4TH: Kelly flied out to right; Singleton singled to
center; L. May homered [Singleton scored]; Murray grounded out
(first unassisted); DeCinces walked; DeCinces was picked off and
caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop to
pitcher); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 2, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: G. Woods flied out to right; Bowling flied out to
center; Cerone flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 2, Blue Jays 1.

ORIOLES 5TH: Belanger was called out on strikes; Dempsey popped
to third; Bumbry singled to left; Smith flied out to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 2, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Nordbrook walked; Staggs forced Nordbrook (second
to shortstop); A. Woods struck out; Ault forced Staggs
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 2, Blue
Jays 1.

ORIOLES 6TH: Kelly was called out on strikes; Singleton singled
to left; L. May flied out to right; Murray grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 2, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Velez doubled to left; Howell grounded out
(second to first) [Velez to third]; G. Woods reached on a
fielder's choice [Velez out at home (third to catcher)]; G.
Woods stole second; Bowling walked; Cerone flied out to left; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 2, Blue Jays 1.

ORIOLES 7TH: DeCinces flied out to left; Belanger struck out;
Dempsey grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 2, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: Nordbrook flied out to center; Staggs grounded
out (shortstop to first); A. Woods singled to left; Ault popped
to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 2, Blue Jays 1.

ORIOLES 8TH: Bumbry singled to right; Smith was called out on
strikes; Kelly reached on an error by A. Woods [Bumbry to third,
Kelly to second]; Singleton was walked intentionally; DIMMEL RAN
FOR SINGLETON; L. May walked [Bumbry scored (unearned), Kelly to
third, Dimmel to second]; VUCKOVICH REPLACED JEFFERSON
(PITCHING); Murray reached on an error by Ault [Kelly scored
(unearned), Dimmel scored (unearned) (no RBI), L. May to third];
DeCinces popped to second; Belanger singled to center [L. May
scored (unearned), Murray to second]; Dempsey was called out on
strikes; 4 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 6, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: BUMBRY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); DIMMEL
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); MADDOX REPLACED KELLY (PLAYING CF);
Velez singled to left; Howell singled to left [Velez to second];
G. Woods singled to center [Velez scored, Howell to second];
DRAGO REPLACED FLANAGAN (PITCHING); EWING BATTED FOR BOWLING;
Ewing grounded out (pitcher to first) [Howell to third, G. Woods
to second]; Cerone singled to shortstop [Howell scored, G. Woods
to third]; FAIRLY BATTED FOR NORDBROOK; T. MARTINEZ REPLACED
DRAGO (PITCHING); Fairly walked [Cerone to second]; SCOTT RAN
FOR FAIRLY; Staggs walked [G. Woods scored, Cerone to third,
Scott to second]; MCGREGOR REPLACED T. MARTINEZ (PITCHING);
RADER BATTED FOR A. WOODS; Rader hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Cerone scored, Scott to third]; Ault popped to second; 4 R, 4
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 6, Blue Jays 5.

ORIOLES 9TH: TORRES REPLACED RADER (PLAYING SS); EWING STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING RF); SCOTT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Bumbry was
called out on strikes; Smith flied out to center; Maddox walked;
CROWLEY BATTED FOR DIMMEL; Crowley grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 6, Blue Jays 5.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: HARLOW REPLACED CROWLEY (PLAYING RF); Velez lined
to third; Howell struck out; G. Woods grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 6, Blue Jays 5.